Melissa Mills Studio

16/05/2026

Photographic exhibition debut in Shanghai 😍

Installation view of 15th Shanghai Biennale - Does the flower hear the bee?, 2025.

25/04/2026

08/03/2026

As an Aboriginal Woman, I never walk alone.

Many of the women who forged the untrodden path, sat at tables meant only for predominantly white men, and yet they carried our culture and our legacy with pride, courage, and reverence - all while living their lives under government policies that tried to control, silence, and erase them.

Today, on International Women’s Day, I’m thinking about the women who made my footsteps possible.

My grandmothers - who carried knowledge in strength and pride.
My Aunties - who supported a community of matriarchal relational connections.
My best friend - whose spirit still walks beside me even though she is no longer here.
My daughters - who are the continuation of everything that came before them.

Aboriginal women have always been storytellers, knowledge holders, protectors, and fighters. We have endured policies, prejudice, and power structures that were never built for us, and yet we are still here.

Still standing.
Still speaking.
Still carrying culture.
Still loving fiercely.

I walk forward because they walked before me. And the next generation will walk further because we refused to stop.

Today on International Women’s Day, I honour the women behind me, beside me, and ahead of me.

They are all incredible, inspiring women who I am so proud and blessed to have as family 💛

28/02/2026

The nerves were REAL at this morning’s exhibition Opening - 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘦 - where my latest artistic photography works, capturing the Australian South Sea Islander United Council (Rockhampton) local perspectives iteration, was launched.

𝘊𝘈𝘕𝘌 | 28 February - 21 June 2026
Rockhampton Muesum of Art

‘𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘦 explores the history of indentured South Sea Islander workers in the Queensland sugarcane industry. This exhibition brings together personal accounts with contemporary artworks from local, national and international artists including Shivanjani Lal, Dylan Mooney, Shari O’Dywer, Sancintya Mohini Simpson, Jasmine Togo-Brisby, Luis Vasquez La Roche and Jon Vea Vea.

Bringing local stories into dialogue with international perspectives, this exhibition makes connections between agricultural and labour practices across colonies of the British Empire in the 19th century. Through a process of truth-telling and creative exchange, 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘦 celebrates the enduring spirit and cultural legacy of Australian South Sea Islanders in the Fraser Coast.’

Curated by Llewellyn Millhouse with Keely Eggmolesse.
𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘦 is a Hervey Bay Regional Gallery exhibition.
- Rockhampton Muesum of Art

Highly recommended a visit to this incredibly important conversation 💛

06/01/2026

First post for 2026 🎉

I hope you had a beautiful festive season with fam and friends, and I just wanted to pop in with a reminder that we won’t be officially back in the Studio until Jan 19th 😘

(Still working hard to train a rambunctious little fur baby and get some reading and preparedness done to complete my Graduate Certificate of Reseach so I can get stuck into my photographic PhD planning).

31/12/2025

I don’t have no idea what I want 2026 to look like…… but I know that 2025 was tough, I experienced more, and it pushed me to my limits, and it was all mine 💛

Happy New Year Friends 🎉

23/12/2025

To my lovely clients and incredible community, hoping you have the best Christmas, surrounded by those who matter the most to you…. 🎄💗

We won’t be available until 19th January 2026.

This girl needs some recoup and self time (and giving lots of puppy love to our newest fur baby)

Peace & Love 💛

16/12/2025

An antique glass keepsake box, cradling fine art photographs of a bride’s most precious moments, from her magical day ❤️

14/12/2025

Sepia light. Wooden pews. Love connected.
A memory already becoming an heirloom.
There is a very special delivery awaiting this lovely couple ♥️💒

13/12/2025

Special memories deserve only the best ♥️✨🩶

Professional archival prints, encased in a beautifully engraved acrylic keepsake box